HONKIP

Setup guides

Pick the device that's always on at home. Each guide has the exact settings to type and a way to check it worked.

Make a free account and your own name and update key are filled into every guide.Get a free name

ddclient

Below, yourname.honkip.com and YOUR_UPDATE_KEY stand for your own name and update key.

  1. Install ddclient, for example sudo apt install ddclient. Skip the setup questions; the file below replaces them.
  2. Save this as /etc/ddclient.conf:
    # Update my HonkIP name every 5 minutes daemon=300 protocol=dyndns2 use=web, web=https://update.honkip.com/ip ssl=yes server=update.honkip.com login=yourname.honkip.com password='YOUR_UPDATE_KEY' yourname.honkip.com
  3. Keep the key private: sudo chmod 600 /etc/ddclient.conf
  4. Test it once: sudo ddclient -daemon=0 -debug -verbose -noquiet. Look for SUCCESS near the end.
  5. Start it for good: sudo systemctl enable --now ddclient

Check it worked

  1. The test command prints good or nochg and your address. badauth means the update key is wrong; copy it again.
  2. Once you have an account, Last check-in on My home shows when it last worked.
  3. Look your name up from any computer: nslookup yourname.honkip.com. The address it shows should be your home's address.